Thursday, April 21, 2011

SB 251, which now includes the CO2 pipeline for the Rockport coal gasification plant (see April 17th ILB entry), has today passed the House and returned to the house of origin.

Simultaneously today, Indiana Gasification has issued this 4-page press release, with contacts listed as Mark Lubbers and William Rosenberg, that begins:

Indiana Gasification has submitted applications to
the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) for Clean Water Act and
Clean Air Act construction and operating permits.
The Indiana Gasification facility, to be located near Rockport, Indiana, will convert
10,000 tons per day of Illinois Basin coal (and possibly some petroleum coke) to two
primary products. Pipeline-quality substitute natural gas (SNG) will be sold to the
Indiana Finance Authority under an agreement announced in December 2010, as well as
other customers. Liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) will be delivered through a pipeline to
be developed from Indiana to the Gulf Coast region for use in enhanced oil recovery
(EOR). It is estimated that the liquefied CO2 will help produce approximately
10,000,000 barrels per year of additional domestic oil.